Charlie "The Common DM"
@thecommondm.bsky.social
Casual ttrpg writer, sad poet, game master, and lover of all things tabletop. 31 year old They/Them ✌️
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Hey, #ttrpg folks! While Bas is figuring out his business situation, all my games are on sale. 16 games and a short story for $15 or half off each. Now’s the perfect time to treat yourself to any games you’ve been eyeing!
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
Float On by Monroeroe
A bundle by Monroeroe, $15.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hey, #ttrpg folks! While Bas is figuring out his business situation, all my games are on sale. 16 games and a short story for $15 or half off each. Now’s the perfect time to treat yourself to any games you’ve been eyeing!
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
itch.io/s/167069/flo...
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Pleased to tell y'all that We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights is OUT IN FULL!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights by Urania Games
A solo game about facing the past.
urania-games.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Pleased to tell y'all that We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights is OUT IN FULL!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
urania-games.itch.io/we-wander-be...
This game was originally written in a fever dream state for @shoutingcrow.bsky.social's Below A Bad Moon Jam. Today, she's fully released with all the bells and whistles!
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My friend Nuno and I have been working on a #ttrpg for a while now and it's finally ready to playtest!
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My friend Nuno and I have been working on a #ttrpg for a while now and it's finally ready to playtest!
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
It's called Partners and Crime - it's a two player game about a pair of thieves and their relationship as they embark on their biggest heist yet.
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Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
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I've been enjoying sculpting. I'm using playdoh, which is cheap and low stakes, but It's really nice to work with my hands. I want to learn more cause im just winging it rn, and the depth of sculpting seems infinite. rn im making a cockpit for my mech game and its taking me forever.
I made a fucked up little poster for Lilancholy. Help me get it printed <3
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've been enjoying sculpting. I'm using playdoh, which is cheap and low stakes, but It's really nice to work with my hands. I want to learn more cause im just winging it rn, and the depth of sculpting seems infinite. rn im making a cockpit for my mech game and its taking me forever.
Just doing some simple painting exercises to break off my rust 😌
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Just doing some simple painting exercises to break off my rust 😌
This is hitting me just perfectly as I enter my Godzilla phase
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is hitting me just perfectly as I enter my Godzilla phase
Check out all this cool art! I have so much reading material now to prepare me for next year!
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
(Thread)
(Thread)
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Check out all this cool art! I have so much reading material now to prepare me for next year!
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You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
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asked a discord i'm in what people are describing when they say "some people play d&d like a board game" and got at least 3 discretely contradictory answers
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
asked a discord i'm in what people are describing when they say "some people play d&d like a board game" and got at least 3 discretely contradictory answers
I think I want a tattoo of Godzilla
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Note: I currently have no tattoos
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I think I want a tattoo of Godzilla
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Note: I currently have no tattoos
Damn. Did you know that Blade Runner (1982) is a fascinating movie? Maybe not "good", but that's a subjective and meaningless term in this instance. I understand why it inspired so many artists now
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Damn. Did you know that Blade Runner (1982) is a fascinating movie? Maybe not "good", but that's a subjective and meaningless term in this instance. I understand why it inspired so many artists now
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daisy chainsaw turns 5 on january 16th, 2026. aiming to release a 1-2 supplements that day to celebrate
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
daisy chainsaw turns 5 on january 16th, 2026. aiming to release a 1-2 supplements that day to celebrate
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Back on my business for the last week of the month! That means last chance for you to submit community content to the mecha ttrpg newsletter.
If you are releasing a new mech ttrpg, wrote a blog or review, or just want to shout out a cool mecha project, submit the form below!
If you are releasing a new mech ttrpg, wrote a blog or review, or just want to shout out a cool mecha project, submit the form below!
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You are about to discover that mecha ttrpgs are legion. Or more likely you already know, and that's why you're signing up. It seems as if a new mech game is coming out every month, and so many of these games are worth reading, if not playing. How do you
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October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Back on my business for the last week of the month! That means last chance for you to submit community content to the mecha ttrpg newsletter.
If you are releasing a new mech ttrpg, wrote a blog or review, or just want to shout out a cool mecha project, submit the form below!
If you are releasing a new mech ttrpg, wrote a blog or review, or just want to shout out a cool mecha project, submit the form below!
Uuugghhhh I hate being patient 🙃 November 2nd needs to be here so that I can now how the #goldencobra went! First time entering and I feel like pacing ssssstill
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Uuugghhhh I hate being patient 🙃 November 2nd needs to be here so that I can now how the #goldencobra went! First time entering and I feel like pacing ssssstill
Hey! You! Do you want to read poetry about my insecurities and struggles to live a vulnerable life? Well, now you can in my first ever half-page zine!
It's free but if you do pay for a copy, that money will go towards getting my ears pierced for the first time
the-common-dm.itch.io/a-case-study...
It's free but if you do pay for a copy, that money will go towards getting my ears pierced for the first time
the-common-dm.itch.io/a-case-study...
A Case Study on my Insecurities & Vulnerabilities by The Common DM
a collection of poems in a burnable half-page zine package
the-common-dm.itch.io
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hey! You! Do you want to read poetry about my insecurities and struggles to live a vulnerable life? Well, now you can in my first ever half-page zine!
It's free but if you do pay for a copy, that money will go towards getting my ears pierced for the first time
the-common-dm.itch.io/a-case-study...
It's free but if you do pay for a copy, that money will go towards getting my ears pierced for the first time
the-common-dm.itch.io/a-case-study...
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October 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Finish the writing and now scanning in the art. I got something sick coming up >:3
October 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Finish the writing and now scanning in the art. I got something sick coming up >:3
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hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ?
i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93
i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93
Donate to Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery, organized by Jay Dragon
Hi I'm Jay Dragon, a queer disabled game designer best known for her work on … Jay Dragon needs your support for Support Jay Dragon's sicknasty bottom surgery
gofund.me
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ?
i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93
i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93
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it's me if i was a snail 🐌
September 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
it's me if i was a snail 🐌
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My post-apocalyptic solo journalling game about running a service station on the Death Road is finally out! blackwellwriter.itch.io/death-road-s...
And the best part? You write your story on actual rubbish! Cereal boxes, soup labels, other RPGs, these are your canvas!
And the best part? You write your story on actual rubbish! Cereal boxes, soup labels, other RPGs, these are your canvas!
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My post-apocalyptic solo journalling game about running a service station on the Death Road is finally out! blackwellwriter.itch.io/death-road-s...
And the best part? You write your story on actual rubbish! Cereal boxes, soup labels, other RPGs, these are your canvas!
And the best part? You write your story on actual rubbish! Cereal boxes, soup labels, other RPGs, these are your canvas!
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here's the kind of art I made just today so if you wanna know what's up with this then give me money on patreon!! dont make me Poast. please not againnn
September 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
here's the kind of art I made just today so if you wanna know what's up with this then give me money on patreon!! dont make me Poast. please not againnn
I don't have the mental energy to voice my specific opinions, but I've had similar ideas in the past but also never got to the point where it all "clicked" and made it to play testing. But I think a system like this with some adjusting could be great for "Tactical Play-By-Post TTRPGs" 🤘
We shouldn't use grids or hexes for boss fights: in this post I lay out a radial positioning system and telegraph mechanic for fighting bosses.
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/09...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/09...
boss relative: telegraphs & radial positioning
As with many of my ideas, this one sparked because I’ve been playing a videogame. Borderlands 4 came out on September 12th and I’ve been having a really good time with it, and in particular the boss f...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don't have the mental energy to voice my specific opinions, but I've had similar ideas in the past but also never got to the point where it all "clicked" and made it to play testing. But I think a system like this with some adjusting could be great for "Tactical Play-By-Post TTRPGs" 🤘
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good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
The Expressionist Games Manifesto
“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…
possumcreek.medium.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM